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Nursing staff recognised for their role supporting next generation

A special event was held to celebrate the NHS staff who support the University's student nurses

A group of the nurses being celebrated at the event pose for a photo

Stirling nursing students celebrate graduation and new jobs

Close to 220 student nurses graduated last week with more than half already securing jobs with local health board, NHS Forth Valley.

A large group of nursing students wearing graduation gowns pose on the steps outside the Sports Centre alongside NHS Forth Valley’s Executive Nurse Director Professor Frances Dodd and Director of Nursing Professor Karen Goudie

Stirling sport students benefit from new mentorship programme

'Elevate' pairs students with industry professionals

The exterior of the Sports Centre

New courses launched to help fill healthcare gap

The new MSc Podiatry and MSc Physiotherapy courses have a planned start date of September 2025

A patient receives treatment from a physiotherapist

New research unit names Director

Professor Edward Duncan has been appointed as director of the new Centre for Healthcare and Community Research (CHeCR) at the University of Stirling.

Airthrey Loch University of Stirling

Only 1 in 10 children meet global health guidelines, researchers discover

New research has found only 14% of children aged three- to four-years -old are getting adequate physical activity, sleep and time away from screens.

Kid on an ipad

Meet Jessica Piasecki: the Olympian and researcher putting a focus on female physiology

Originally from Manchester, Jessica Piasecki was a talented hockey player before emerging as a cross-country star and representing her country for the first time in the sport at the age of 16.

A female runner training on an indoor athletics track

Stirling student’s historic discovery at Bannockburn House “confirms” Bonnie Prince Charlie assassination attempt

A University of Stirling PhD student has made a fascinating discovery that appears to confirm a previously unevidenced assassination attempt on Bonnie Prince Charlie.

Bannockburn House in Stirlingshire.

Elite sports roles for nutritionists graduating from Stirling 

Two top nutritionists working in elite sport returned to the University of Stirling today, to celebrate their graduation.

Sports nutritionists pose on graduation day.

Research explores measures to reduce alcohol harms without impacting pubs and restaurants

Higher prices in shops and tighter restrictions on online alcohol sales could help to reduce rising alcohol harms whilst minimising impact on hospitality businesses, according to a new study.

Beer taps in a pub